Register name-board.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

F. W. LEUTHESSER.' REGISTER NAME BOARD.

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REGlSTER NAME-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed October 27, 1904. Serial Nn, 230,264.

,To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, FRED W. LEUTi-inssnn, a citizen oit the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and uselul Improvements in Register Name-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

Thel invention relates more especially to that type 'of register or name-boards formed from a strip of thin material, such as sheetsteel, having struck from the body of the material pockets to receive and retain the ends oi the cards or slips for the names or other memoranda.

The object ot the present invention is to so construct and form the strip of thin material as to have therein the end pockets for the slips or cards, with a space at the upper end ot the strip or at other places on the strip for the reception of advertising matter, thereby bringing to the attention of the user or in- Spector of the register or naine-board such advertising in atter.

A further object is to so form the end pockets as to leave a smooth tace on the rear side of the strip of material for the reception of advertising matter, such smooth face extending above the upper line of the end pockets.

Further objects are to improve the general construction and arrangement of the strip of sheet metal, with its end pockets for the slips or cards for the names or memoranda and a vacant space for advertising matter on its front, and have the front eX- posed both as to the face for the naine cards or slips and the advertising matter, whether used with or without a frame and whether a frame or border is formed direct with or from the strip of thin material or independent thereof.

The invention consists in the features of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l. is a Jfront face view of the register or naine-board of the invention made of a strip of thin material and without any border or frame, showing two rows of end pockets for the cards or slips and a vacant space at the top of the strip above the line of pockets for the receptionot advertising matter Fig. 2, a rear face view of the strip having the construction shown in Fig. l; Fig. 3, a front face view of a register or naine-board formed from a strip of thin material and having two rows of end pockets for the cards or slips, with a vacant space above the top line of thepockets for the reception ot advertising matter, and having a surrounding border or framing struck from the material itself; Fig. 4, a front face view of a register or name-'board formed from a strip of thin material and having two rows of end pockets for cards or slips, with a vacant space above the top line oitl the pockets for the reception of advertising matter, and having a trame surrounding the board as awhole; Fig. 5, an enlarged sectional detail of one of the card-retainers; Fig. 6, an enlarged detail showing the pressed-out surface of one of the retainer-pockets cut away, and Fig. 7 a perspective view of one of the retainerpockets.

rIhe main body of the register or nameboard is made from a strip of sheet metal A, preferably sheet-steel, though it can be made of other thin material having the necessary character and quality of forming cornerpockets for the cards or slips f in the body by striking up a portion of the body to form pockets, each of the pockets being of triangular formation and comprising an end wall a and a side wall a2 at right angles to one another and extending upwardly in vertical relation to the body of the name-board. Theside and end walls are connected by means ofan outer retaining-wall e3, which is in substantially parallel relation with the body and pressed outwardly therefrom, leaving a hole or opening a4 in the body. Four of such corner-pockets, inwardly opening toward one another, constitute a retainer for each card and are properly located to have the four corners of the cards inserted into the four pockets thus formed. 'I he cornerpockets are separated longitudinally of the strip of thin .material a suflicient distance apart to furnish a space l) between the independent name cards or slips for enabling cards or slips to be each individually removed and replaced without disturbing or removing the adjacent name cards or slips. The rear face of the main strip or body A has a plain surface c between the struck-up portions for the end pockets, which space can be utilized for placing thereon advertising matter or other memoranda, as may be desired. The front face of the main strip or body of the board has a vacant space d, on which can be placed advertising matter, as may be desire-d, so that such advertising matter will be presented to view for the inspection and IIO reading of any person or party having occasion to refer to the names or memoranda contained on the board or the cards or slips held in the end pockets. This space d is above the line of the end pockets and in such position as to readily catch the eye of a user or inspector of the board, with the result that whatever advertising matter is contained on this space will be observed and read by the party. The rear face of the main strip or body of the board'has above the line of the pockets a vacant space e, which can be utilized for placing thereon advertising mattei' or other memoranda, which can be observed by reversing the board, so as to bring to view its rear face.

The cards or slips f for names or other memoranda can be made in the form of a continuous strip g of cardboard or other suitable material, cross-perforated, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, so that the strip-sections can be torn off at the line of perforation and have each section form a name card or slip of a length and width to be entered into the end pockets, as shown in Fig. 1, in which some of the pockets are illustrated as having name cards or slips therein.

The register or name-board can have the main strip or body A left of itself without any surrounding border or frame, as shown in Figs. l and 2, or the main strip or body A can be surrounded by a border or framing struck from the body or strip, so as to furnish a rise 7c with a flat face Z, as shown in Fig. 3, such border or framing stiifening the main body or strip and also bringing more prominently into position the name cards or slips, or in place of a border or framing struck from the material of the body or strip A such body or strip can be encircled or surrounded by a frame formed of side pieces m and end pieces n, so that the main body or strip will be sunk below the front face of the surrounding frame, as shown in Fig. 4. The front face of the main body or strip, whether having a frame or border, as shown in Fig. 3 or as shown in Fig. 4, has a vacant space d above the line of the end pockets for the reception of advertising matter, as in the construction of Figs. l and 2, and the rear face of the main body or strip in the construction of Figs. 3 and 4 can be utilized the same as described for the use of the rear face c and e of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The construction of the register or nameboard of the present invention it will be seen furnishes a means for holding and retaining name cards or slips `and provides on the front face a vacant space for the reception of advertising matter that is always presented to the observation of any party using or inspecting the register or name-board, and, in addition, the rear face of the main body or strip furnishes smooth vacant surfaces on which to place advertising and other matter. It will thus be seen that by means of the register or name-board advertising-space is furnished which can be utilized for advertising purposes and which if on the front face of the register or name-board will be presented for the observation of the user of the register or naine-board and of the name-cards. The register or name-board is especially fitted for use as a register for telephones in oflices and other places, the number of the telephone and the name being placed on an individual card or space, and when the register or nameboard is utilized as a register for telephone any party having occasion to refer thereto will be brought into direct observance of the advertising matter on the front faceyof the register or naineboard, so that such advertising matter will be observed and read.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A register or name-board made of thin material and having a body with rows of cooperating pockets formed thereon, each of the pockets being triangular in shape and having a closed side and a closed end wall and an outer retaining-wall in parallel relation with the body, all formed integrally with the body from metal pressed outwardly therefrom and being open at the front side for the reception of the corner of a card, four of such pockets inwardly opening with respect to each other constituting a retainer for each card, substantially as described.

2. A register or name-board made of thinmaterial and having a 'body with rows of cooperating poclrets formed thereon, each of the pockets being triangular in shape and having a closed side and a closed end wall i and an outer retaining-wall in parallel relation with the body, all formed integrally with the body from metal pressed outwardly therefrom and being open at the front side for the reception of the corner of a card, four of such pockets inwardly opening with respect to each other constituting a retainer for each card, the body having on its front face a vacant space extending from side edge to side edge of the body and clear of pockets for the reception of advertising matter, substantially as described.

FRED W. LEUTHESSER.

Witnesses:

OscAR W. BOND, THOMAS A. lNnLsoN.

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